"We gave them a good look. I thought they had a real good opportunity here. They played in a number of preseason games," said head coach Joe Sacco, referring to Brad Malone and Tyson Barrie. "Right now, I think what's best for their development is to start in the American Hockey League and learn how to play the pro game and learn how to be a pro."

Notes
Power play configurations:

Duchene - Stastny - Jones
Johnson - Mueller

Hejduk - O'Reilly - Lindstrom
Elliott - Kobasew

Penalty kill (players were rotating - list of PKers below):

Galiardi
Porter
McClement
Winnik
McLeod
Landeskog

O'Byrne
O'Brien
Hejda
Hunwick
Wilson

*Kyle Cumiskey skated with an orange (non-contact) jersey.

Full transcript of coach Sacco's media scrum

On reassigning Tyson Barrie and Brad Malone to Lake Erie (AHL)We gave them a good look. I thought they had a real good opportunity here. They played in a number of preseason games, both guys. Right now, I think what's best for their development is to start in the American Hockey League and learn how to play the pro game and learn how to be a pro. It's a great development league for young players and it's a real tough, competitive league to play in. I just felt at this time, they hadn't done enough to really overtake some of the other guys in their respective roles. It'll be a great place for them to get their pro career started.

On making a couple more roster movesWe have until Wednesday, until our final 23-man roster has to be in. We'll see what happens. We still have a few days here. Over the next few days, we'll make some final decisions on our team. We also sent Bordeleau down, too, as well. Bordeleau did a really good job in preseason, too. I was really pleased with him. He's a guy that certainly didn't hurt his chances as far as being a depth player for us this year.